1 [I] to send air out of your throat and mouth with a sudden loud noise, especially when you have a cold, have sth in your throat, etc 咳嗽:
Cigarette smoke makes me cough.香烟的烟雾呛得我咳嗽。☞picture at sneeze 见sneeze插图
2 [T] cough (up) sth to send sth out of your throat and mouth with a sudden loud noise 咳出:
When I started coughing (up) blood I called the doctor.我开始咳血,便叫了医生。
cough (sth) up(informal 非正式) to give money when you do not want to (不情愿地)提供(金钱):
Come on, cough up what you owe me!快,把你欠我的还给我!
cough²
/kɒf; US kɔ:f ||; kɔf/noun[C]
1 an act or the sound of coughing 咳嗽;咳嗽声:
He gave a nervous cough before he started to speak.他紧张地咳了一声,然后开始说话。
2 an illness or infection that makes you cough a lot (因病或感染而)咳嗽:
Kevin's got a bad cough.凯文咳嗽咳得厉害。
cough1/kɔf; kɒf/v [I] if you cough, air suddenly comes out of your throat with a short loud sound, for example because you are ill 咳嗽: He was awake coughing all night. 他醒着咳了一整夜。cough up phr v 1 informal to give someone money, information etc when you do not really want to【非正式】勉强给〔钱﹑信息等〕: Come on, cough up! 快点﹐说呀!cough sth up I had to cough up £200 for a new printer. 我只好掏出 200 英镑买了一台新的打印机。 2 cough sth up if you cough up a substance such as blood, it comes from your lungs or throat into your mouth when you cough 咳出某物
cough2n [C]1 when someone coughs, or the sound of someone coughing 咳嗽﹔咳嗽声: I heard a loud cough behind me. 我听到身后一声很响的咳嗽。2 an illness that makes you cough 咳嗽病: Amy has a bad cough . 埃米咳得很厉害。
coughcoughcoughscoughedcoughing1verb (coughs, coughing, coughed)pronunciationThe word cough sounds like off.to send air out of your throat with a sudden loud noise: The smoke made me cough. see Picture Dictionary for videocoughcoughcoughs2nounwhen you send air out of your throat with a sudden loud noise: I've got a bad cough. He gave a little cough before he started to speak.